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The 2023 Labour Party presidential flag bearer, Peter Obi, alongside former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, and leaders of the African Democratic Congress, were reportedly attacked by suspected hoodlums in Edo State on Tuesday.
The incident was made public by Obi’s former campaign spokesperson and National Coordinator of the Obidient Movement Worldwide, Dr. Yunusa Tanko, in a statement released in Abuja.
Gunmen allegedly attack Peter Obi in Edo State
According to the statement, the group came under attack in Benin during political activities linked to the formal defection of Olumide Akpata to the ADC. Tanko alleged that armed men trailed them from the party’s secretariat to the home of Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, where gunshots were fired and several vehicles damaged.
The incident was made public by Obi’s former campaign spokesperson and National Coordinator of the Obidient Movement Worldwide, Dr. Yunusa Tanko, in a statement released in Abuja.
Gunmen allegedly attack Peter Obi in Edo State
According to the statement, the group came under attack in Benin during political activities linked to the formal defection of Olumide Akpata to the ADC. Tanko alleged that armed men trailed them from the party’s secretariat to the home of Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, where gunshots were fired and several vehicles damaged.